Global Challenges

Undergraduate course

Course description

Supplementary semester information

Supplementary semester information for autumn 2026 will be published as soon as poosible.

Objectives and Content

This is a project-based module with a focus on urgent global challenges and modes through which artistic practice can address them. Special emphasis is placed on research methods and forms of investigation.

PRO modules are designed to enrich your artist development (as explored in the ART modules) through activating skills, connecting communities of practice, and investigating disciplinary territories. PRO modules allow you to focus on a specific project critically connected to your own practice within a context established by the module leader(s).

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

  • Develop awareness of social and political discourses
  • Develop insight into artistic research strategies

Skills

  • Enhance and broaden your own skills and methods through project development

General Competence

  • Identify your own learning needs in relation to the subject area(s)
  • Develop and present new work
Teaching and learning methods

Methods may include:

  • Project development
  • Individual research
  • Group work
  • Lectures
  • Presentations
  • Group discussions
  • Tutorials
  • Assigned readings
  • Writing exercises
  • Workshop-based instruction

See info text above for semester-specific details.

Forms of Assessment

Submission of artwork(s), either physical or digital, as assigned by the module leader.

Assessment criteria:

Research

Subject knowledge

Experimentation

Realization

Collaborative and independent work

Grading Scale
Pass / Fail.
Assessment Semester
Autumn.